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Happy Halloween!
Posted in baking, cooking, daily baby, Daily baby O2, Halloween
Tagged 2016, cakw, Cooking, craft, cute, DIY, eyeball, food, glasses, googly eye, Halloween, homemade, honey, icing, party, prep, pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, scratch, socks, worms and dirt
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Tutus in Texas baby showerÂ
We needed to celebrate my dear Ashley’s baby girl while she was in town, so we had a very impromptu baby shower. It turned out great! Since Ashley is now a Texas resident, we thought baby girl should have a … Continue reading
Christmas Cookies
Jacob has been begging to make “gingerbreads” and so we did! With faces, of course. And also some pretty sugar cookies which Jacob beautifully sprinkled. 🙂
The sourdough starter story
I’ve always wanted to make sourdough bread. It has only three ingredients: flour, salt, and water. Oh, and sourdough starter. Which is flour and water…and yeast. The invisible ingredient you can get from the sky. My friend and neighbor Breanne … Continue reading
Posted in baking
Tagged bread, cultured, cultures for health, DIY, fermented, foods, homemade, sourdough
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Valentine’s Day Dinner
Began with an appetizer of chocolate dipped strawberries. While I worked on dessert… And seasoned the ribeyes… The finished plate with steamed veggies and baguette, along with smoked Mac and cheese: And of course a glass of wine: And for … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cooking
Tagged cake in a mug, chocolate, delicious, dessert, hot chocolate cake, marshmallows, mug, ribeye, smoked, smoked macaroni and cheese, steak, strawberries, traeger, usda prime, Valentine's Day, what to make for dinner, yum
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Josh turns 30 with some help…
My wonderful husband turned 30 today. We celebrated joyfully…Saturday we had a family dinner with both sets of parents and siblings…EXCEPT Josh’s sister Laci and her husband were missing because they were in the hospital being induced! (I’ll get to … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cooking, family, J and K
Tagged 30th birthday, birthday celebration, butterflied steak, ice cream cake, new baby, sweetheart steak
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Gingerbread cookies for Santa
The secret to perfect gingerbread that is not too mushy or too crunchy? Start with a good recipe (I used the one from Real Simple’s website). Turn your oven down a bit from what it calls for (since mine is … Continue reading
Cupcakes
I know I’m a bit late on this, but I wanted to share my cupcakes from Easter. They turned out pretty well. Thanks to Linda for the sprinkles and cupcake papers!
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